創世記 32
1 雅各仍舊行路，上帝的使者遇見他。
As Jacob and his family continued traveling, some angels, whom God sent, met him.
2 雅各看見他們就說：「這是上帝的軍兵」，於是給那地方起名叫瑪哈念。
When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is God’s army camp!” So he named that place Mahanaim, [which means ‘two camps’].
3 雅各打發人先往西珥地去，就是以東地，見他哥哥以掃，
Jacob told some of the men to go ahead of him to his older brother Esau, who was living in Seir, the land where the descendants of Edom lived.
4 吩咐他們說：「你們對我主以掃說：『你的僕人雅各這樣說：我在拉班那裏寄居，直到如今。
He told them, “This is what I want you to say to Esau: 'I, Jacob, want to be your servant and I want you to be my master. I have been living with our uncle Laban, and I have stayed there until now.
5 我有牛、驢、羊群、僕婢，現在打發人來報告我主，為要在你眼前蒙恩。』」
I now own many cattle, donkeys, sheep, goats, and male and female slaves. Now I am sending this message to you, sir, hoping that you will (be friendly toward me/treat me kindly) when I arrive.’ “
6 所打發的人回到雅各那裏，說：「我們到了你哥哥以掃那裏，他帶着四百人，正迎着你來。」
The messengers went and gave that message to Esau. When they returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your older brother Esau. Now he is coming to you, and 400 men are coming with him.”
7 雅各就甚懼怕，而且愁煩，便把那與他同在的人口和羊群、牛群、駱駝分做兩隊，
Jacob was very afraid and worried. So he divided the people who were with him into two groups. He also divided the sheep and goats, the cattle, and the camels, into two groups.
8 說：「以掃若來擊殺這一隊，剩下的那一隊還可以逃避。」
He was thinking, “If Esau and his men come and attack us, perhaps one of the groups will be left and will be able to escape.”
9 雅各說：「耶和華－我祖亞伯拉罕的上帝，我父親以撒的上帝啊，你曾對我說：『回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。』
Then Jacob prayed, “O Yahweh God, whom my grandfather Abraham worshiped and my father Isaac worships, you said to me, ‘Go back to your own land and to your relatives, and I will (cause good things happen to/do good things for) you.’
10 你向僕人所施的一切慈愛和誠實，我一點也不配得；我先前只拿着我的杖過這約旦河，如今我卻成了兩隊了。
I am not worthy for you to have been so kind and faithful to me in so many ways, your servant. I had only this walking stick with me when I crossed the Jordan [River on my way to Haran], but now I am so wealthy that there are two large groups of my family and possessions.
11 求你救我脫離我哥哥以掃的手；因為我怕他來殺我，連妻子帶兒女一同殺了。
So now I pray that you will rescue me from [MTY] my [older] brother Esau, because I am afraid that he and his men will come and attack and kill me and the children and their mothers.
12 你曾說：『我必定厚待你，使你的後裔如同海邊的沙，多得不可勝數。』」
But do not forget that you have said, ‘I will certainly enable you to prosper, and I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as the grains of sand on the seashore, which are so many that no one can count them.’”
13 當夜，雅各在那裏住宿，就從他所有的物中拿禮物要送給他哥哥以掃：
Jacob slept there that night. The next morning he selected some animals to give to his brother Esau.
14 母山羊二百隻，公山羊二十隻，母綿羊二百隻，公綿羊二十隻，
He selected 200 female goats and 20 male goats, 200 female sheep and 20 male sheep,
15 奶崽子的駱駝三十隻－各帶着崽子，母牛四十隻，公牛十隻，母驢二十匹，驢駒十匹；
30 female camels and their offspring, 40 cows and ten bulls, 20 female donkeys and 10 male donkeys.
16 每樣各分一群，交在僕人手下，就對僕人說：「你們要在我前頭過去，使群群相離，有空閒的地方」；
He divided them into small herds, and put each herd into the care of one of his servants. He said to his servants, “Go ahead of me, one group at a time, and keep some space between each herd.”
17 又吩咐儘先走的說：「我哥哥以掃遇見你的時候，問你說：『你是哪家的人？要往哪裏去？你前頭這些是誰的？』
He said to the servant who was going with the first group, “When my brother Esau meets you, and he asks you, ‘To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?’
18 你就說：『是你僕人雅各的，是送給我主以掃的禮物；他自己也在我們後邊。』」
tell him, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. He has sent them to you as a gift, sir. And he is coming behind us.’”
19 又吩咐第二、第三，和一切趕群畜的人說：「你們遇見以掃的時候也要這樣對他說；
He also said the same thing to the servants who were taking care of the second and third groups, and to the other herdsmen. He said to them, “When you meet Esau, I want you to say to him the same thing that I told the first servant.
20 並且你們要說：『你僕人雅各在我們後邊。』」因雅各心裏說：「我藉着在我前頭去的禮物解他的恨，然後再見他的面，或者他容納我。」
And be sure to say ‘Jacob, who wants to serve you, is coming behind us.’” Jacob told them to say that because he was thinking, “Perhaps these gifts that I am sending ahead of me will cause him to (act peacefully toward/stop being angry with) me. Then later, when I see him, perhaps he will be kind to me.”
21 於是禮物先過去了；那夜，雅各在隊中住宿。
So the men taking the gifts [PRS] went ahead, but Jacob himself stayed in the camp that night.
22 他夜間起來，帶着兩個妻子，兩個使女，並十一個兒子，都過了雅博渡口，
Some time during that night, Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two female slaves, and his eleven sons and his daughter, and he sent them across the ford at the Jabbok River.
23 先打發他們過河，又打發所有的都過去，
After he had done that, he sent other slaves, carrying all his possessions, across the river.
24 只剩下雅各一人。有一個人來和他摔跤，直到黎明。
So Jacob was left there alone. But a man came and wrestled with him until dawn.
25 那人見自己勝不過他，就將他的大腿窩摸了一把，雅各的大腿窩正在摔跤的時候就扭了。
When the man realized that he was not winning against Jacob, he struck Jacob’s hip and caused the thigh bone to pull away from the hip socket.
26 那人說：「天黎明了，容我去吧！」雅各說：「你不給我祝福，我就不容你去。」
Then the man said, “Let me go, because it will soon be daylight.” [Then Jacob realized who he was really wrestling with]. So he replied, “No, if you will not bless me, I will not let you go!”
27 那人說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫雅各。」
The man said to him, “What is your name?” He replied, “Jacob.”
28 那人說：「你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列；因為你與上帝與人較力，都得了勝。」
The man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob. Your name will be Israel, [which means ‘he struggles with God’, ] because you have struggled with God and with people, and you have won.”
29 雅各問他說：「請將你的名告訴我。」那人說：「何必問我的名？」於是在那裏給雅各祝福。
Jacob said, “Now, please tell me your name!” The man replied, “(Why do you ask me what my name is?/You should not have to ask me what my name is!)” [RHQ] But he blessed Jacob there.
30 雅各便給那地方起名叫毗努伊勒，意思說：「我面對面見了上帝，我的性命仍得保全。」
So Jacob named the place Peniel, [which means ‘God’s face’, ] saying “I looked directly at God, but I did not die because of doing that.”
31 日頭剛出來的時候，雅各經過毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。
The sun was rising as Jacob left Peniel, and he was limping because of what had happened to his hip.
32 故此，以色列人不吃大腿窩的筋，直到今日，因為那人摸了雅各大腿窩的筋。
The muscle on his hip joint had been injured. So to this present time, because of what happened to Jacob, the Israeli people do not eat the muscle/tendon that is attached to the socket of the hips of animals.
